USA Water Polo highlights LGBTQ Gay Gam team Washgton DC - Outsports

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• 'ANYONE WHO DO WATER POLO IS AT LEAST A LTLE GAY'
• THIS GAY WATER POLO TEAM IS OWNG EVERY INCH OF THE CATWALKTRASH-TALKG NEVER LOOKED SO FIERCE. {FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}LIFEBY ADAM SALANDRAMAY 5, 2017/1:58 {HEIGHT:HER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;POSN:RELATIVE;-WEBK-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-MS-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;-MS-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;}{HEIGHT:574PX;WIDTH:1020PX;}TRIGGERFISHWATERPOLO/YOUTUBEBY ADAM SALANDRAMAY 5, 2017 / 1:58 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"THIS GAY WATER POLO TEAM IS OWNG EVERY INCH OF THE CATWALK","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2017-05-05T17:58:54.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2017-05-05T17:58:54.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"ADAM SALANDRA","KEYWORDS":"SPORTS","ARTICLESECTN":"LIFE"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WHEN SPORTS TEAMS WANT TO TIMIDATE THEIR OPPONENTS, THEY UALLY DON'T DO BY STTTG DOWN THE STREET HIGH HEELS. BUT FOR THE TORONTO TRIGGERFISH, WAS THE PERFECT WAY TO THROW DOWN THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE WATER POLO TEAM IS THE FENDG CHAMP OF THE INTERNATNAL GAY & LBIAN AQUATICS AND RELEASED A SLICK VIO AS A WORD OF WARNG TO THE OTHER TEAMS THEY'LL GO UP AGAST AT THE WORLD CHAMPNSHIPS MIAMI LATER THIS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE VIO WAS DIRECTED BY PLAYER GREG BAKER DOWNTOWN TORONTO, ACRDG TO OUT SPORTS, AND IS PART OF AN AGE-OLD TRADN OF PLAYFULLY TNTG OPPOSG {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;POSN:RELATIVE;PADDG-BOTTOM:56.49999999999999%;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;POSN:ABSOLUTE;HEIGHT:100% !IMPORTANT;WIDTH:100% !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS
• THE VOICE OF CHICAGO'S GAY, LESBIAN, BI, TRANS AND QUEER COMMUNITY SINCE 1985
• GAY SPANISH WATER POLO PLAYER SAYS HE WAS LLED SLUR TWICE MATCH
• CROATIA FEATURED FRENCH FILM ABOUT GAY WATER POLO TEAM (VIDEO)
• GAY WATER POLO PLAYER ME OUT TO TEAMMAT. 3 DAYS LATER THEY ELECTED HIM PTA.
• TURKEY: PORTUGUE TOURIST SAYS HE WAS JAILED FOR LOOKG GAY
• SPANISH OLYMPIC WATER POLO PLAYER OUT AS GAY

'ANYONE WHO DO WATER POLO IS AT LEAST A LTLE GAY'

Our team is a member of USA Water Polo as well as IGLA, the Internatnal Gay and Lbian Aquatics anizatn. On May 8 I cid to e out as gay to the world the bt way I knew how -- by postg on Facebook.

I am Gay. Among my favor was om Jake, a teammate, who wrote: "Anyone who do water polo is at least a ltle gay. I've been my high school team's MVP and team pta for water polo sce my sophomore year.

I've known that I was gay sce middle school, but I tly didn't accept myself for until the middle of high school.

THIS GAY WATER POLO TEAM IS OWNG EVERY INCH OF THE CATWALKTRASH-TALKG NEVER LOOKED SO FIERCE. {FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}LIFEBY ADAM SALANDRAMAY 5, 2017/1:58 {HEIGHT:HER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;POSN:RELATIVE;-WEBK-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-MS-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;-MS-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;}{HEIGHT:574PX;WIDTH:1020PX;}TRIGGERFISHWATERPOLO/YOUTUBEBY ADAM SALANDRAMAY 5, 2017 / 1:58 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"THIS GAY WATER POLO TEAM IS OWNG EVERY INCH OF THE CATWALK","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2017-05-05T17:58:54.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2017-05-05T17:58:54.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"ADAM SALANDRA","KEYWORDS":"SPORTS","ARTICLESECTN":"LIFE"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WHEN SPORTS TEAMS WANT TO TIMIDATE THEIR OPPONENTS, THEY UALLY DON'T DO BY STTTG DOWN THE STREET HIGH HEELS. BUT FOR THE TORONTO TRIGGERFISH, WAS THE PERFECT WAY TO THROW DOWN THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE WATER POLO TEAM IS THE FENDG CHAMP OF THE INTERNATNAL GAY & LBIAN AQUATICS AND RELEASED A SLICK VIO AS A WORD OF WARNG TO THE OTHER TEAMS THEY'LL GO UP AGAST AT THE WORLD CHAMPNSHIPS MIAMI LATER THIS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE VIO WAS DIRECTED BY PLAYER GREG BAKER DOWNTOWN TORONTO, ACRDG TO OUT SPORTS, AND IS PART OF AN AGE-OLD TRADN OF PLAYFULLY TNTG OPPOSG {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;POSN:RELATIVE;PADDG-BOTTOM:56.49999999999999%;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;POSN:ABSOLUTE;HEIGHT:100% !IMPORTANT;WIDTH:100% !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS

So I cid to tell a few teammat at a time and see how assistant ach Ey was the first person on my team that I had ever told I was gay. The thg I need to tell you is that I'm gay. Beg gay will not change who I am....

Beg gay shouldn't be the fg part of me, 's a small part of me the fact that shouldn't change our iendship. If there is one thg that I uld ask of you is that you don't tell anyone about me beg gay. I was so relieved to know that Ey supported me and didn't re that I was gay.

THE VOICE OF CHICAGO'S GAY, LESBIAN, BI, TRANS AND QUEER COMMUNITY SINCE 1985

I didn't tell any other teammat that I was gay until I me out publicly on Facebook.

Gay Spanish water polo player says he was lled slur twice match. The Washgton Wetsks have been welg lbian, gay, bisexual, trans and queer athlet to water polo. I was openly gay on my high school team and heard slurs all the time.

When outed, gay Sailor found buddi had his back.

GAY SPANISH WATER POLO PLAYER SAYS HE WAS LLED SLUR TWICE MATCH

Spanish Olympic water polo player out as gay. "As a gay athlete, I feel the rponsibily to discs , " Víctor Gutiérrez says.

'Anyone who do water polo is a ltle gay'. Watch: SF Tsunami water polo team readi for the Gay Gam.

CROATIA FEATURED FRENCH FILM ABOUT GAY WATER POLO TEAM (VIDEO)

Accintal Bear Mike Enrs stopped by the pool to vis wh the San Francis Tsunami gay water polo team.

They're gettg ready for Gay Gam 9 Oh this Aug.

GAY WATER POLO PLAYER ME OUT TO TEAMMAT. 3 DAYS LATER THEY ELECTED HIM PTA.

But for the Toronto Triggerfish, was the perfect way to throw down the water polo team is the fendg champ of the Internatnal Gay & Lbian Aquatics and released a slick vio as a word of warng to the other teams they'll go up agast at the world champnships Miami later this vio was directed by player Greg Baker downtown Toronto, acrdg to Out Sports, and is part of an age-old tradn of playfully tntg opposg teams. )Now French film-maker Cédric le Gallo has -created a movie spired by his experienc wh a gay men’s water polo team lled L Crevett Pailleté (the Shy Shrimps) and turned this to a boisteroly stereotypil and puppyishly over-eager-to-please film about a homophobic swim champn lled Matthias (Nilas Gob) who media outcry wh a bigoted remark and then mt reem himself by achg the fictnalised Shy Shrimps as they battle for a place at the Gay Olympics Croatia. From Tsunami Polo's humble begngs 2000, when we bobbled along the three-foot-ep bottom of Haton Pool durg the staff's lunch break, the team has grown to over fifty members, hosted an ternatnal petn at one of the ft pools the world and recently placed send at Gay Gam IX Cleveland, OH.

Sometime 1999, team founr Jim Ruggiero received a phone ll om Felipe Munoz, who was lamentg the fact that no gay water polo team existed the Bay Area. The last SF team - "Homopolo" - fold the late 1980s, and while a number of other Amerin ci like L. C., Philalphia and New York had succsful gay water polo teams, San Francis did not.

TURKEY: PORTUGUE TOURIST SAYS HE WAS JAILED FOR LOOKG GAY

In early 2000, missg his former polo team New York Cy and wantg to retablish gay and lbian water polo the Bay Area, Jim posted a signup list at a Tsuanmi Swim workout.

SPANISH OLYMPIC WATER POLO PLAYER OUT AS GAY

We entered our first IGLA (Internatnal Gay and Lbian Aquatics) world champnships Toronto, Canada, 2001, wh two teams and some new talent, cludg Chip Conley (a former Stanford player), John Dome, Christa McCall (USC) and Mike Slyter. Energized, growg and fancially solvent, Tsunami Polo began a year-long effort to prepare physilly, mentally and fancially for our biggt goal yet: participatn the 2002 Gay Gam XI Sydney, Atralia. The team has ntued to travel and pete ternatnally at annual IGLA tournaments and at the Gay Gam, cludg trips to Chigo (2006), Copenhagen (2009), Honolulu (2011), Seattle (2013) and Cleveland (2014).